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... "In Memory of my Beloved Husband".
Prior to my father's sudden death in 1959, Basildon Development Corporation had revealed plans to demolish most of Laindon High Road - this of course included Daisybank. ...
Wednesday, 26 September 2018

... if I revealed my inner fear to my friends, there would be no end to the ribbing that I would face in their hands, in the days to follow. So, gritting my teeth, I plodded on, raising up from the water from ...
Saturday, 21 April 2018

... began in earnest.
Although her efforts did only a marginal job of improving my English skills, her determination revealed a new aspect of her largely soft personality.
The chosen book for home studies ...
Monday, 11 September 2017

... surprising that we passengers in Economy Class, in 1960, had linen plus stainless steel cutlery and china cups for tea/coffee.
I saw Veal on the menu. My mind went blank. Then it assumed that it was ...
Sunday, 06 August 2017

... fragile neutrality towards Muslims was shattered when a Muslim boy in our school revealed to me that a few Turks from Turkey had come to India. They would not only destroy British rulers in India but would ...
Saturday, 14 January 2017

... agreed with us adding that he had indeed been terribly occupied and asked us about our place of stay. We hesitatingly revealed address of the obscure Dharamshala we had put in.
Subhash said, "please ...
Friday, 02 September 2016

... at Samadhi. Falaund Kalan village 2011.
The film Udta Punjab has recently revealed the sordid side of the legendary and forward looking Punjab. My good old friends and I continue, in our own humbler ...
Monday, 11 July 2016

... reference in the family of the date and year of marriage. The conversations in the family have revealed that my mother, though not formally educated, was a very talented and hardworking lady. She had a ...
Friday, 18 March 2016

... for him to reveal the seven-year old untold story behind his resignation. Rama Rau smiled and started his address by saying that "It is an occasion for remembering the great men who brought this day in ...
Tuesday, 14 April 2015

... the Air Staff, 1988-1991.)
I walked down to the College and visited the ‘Q' Staff. A few telephone calls revealed that there were no seats available on the flight ex Coimbatore that evening. Polly settled ...
Sunday, 14 September 2014

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Calcutta 31 May 1919
Your Excellency,
The enormity of the measures taken by the Government in the Punjab for quelling some local disturbances has, with a rude shock, revealed to our minds the helplessness ...
Sunday, 23 September 2012

... and revealed the real man in the mystic, the brave soldier in the civilian, the genuine revolutionary in the administrator. That Subhas's colleagues did not share his principles and policies could not ...
Wednesday, 19 September 2012

... Medal. However, inquiries revealed that he had never set foot in Burma. He was as unlike his predecessor as possible. He had a grand moustache, which he kept well waxed and supple - but it had nothing ...
Tuesday, 31 January 2012

... some highly sensitive intelligence work, whose nature I cannot reveal.
Some time after Independence, my father had to call on the Prime Minister in New Delhi to discuss a sensitive intelligence matter. ...
Wednesday, 11 January 2012

... within a stone's throw of Birla House, and the two were often seen together during morning walks. But a closer look would reveal that Patel did not seek any personal gain from the relationship. The fact ...
Wednesday, 28 July 2010

... seemed like an hour, the Subedar returned but revealed nothing. Frustrated, I quietly but ostentatiously obtained a telegram form from the Station Master and, in bold block letters, drafted a message addressed ...
Sunday, 22 November 2009

... small piece of paper taped to your radio by your bedside that read: "ISKCATAUAC." I thought it was a Punjabi word. I didn't know until you revealed that it was an acronym: "I shall keep calm at all times ...
Monday, 16 November 2009

... police torture could easily make them reveal my whereabouts.
I think this happened in early April 1947. For the next six months, I wandered all over Punjab. I began with a visit to Khatkar, where Bhagat ...
Sunday, 15 February 2009

... India' from mid- 1952 and setting out the generous terms of the appointment, I was sorely puzzled as to what I should do. A visit to UNESCO in Paris revealed that they knew even less than I did of the ...
Saturday, 13 December 2008